March 15, 2017

President Trump traveled to Detroit today to announce that his administration was shelving the Obama administration's aggressive fuel-economy standards for cars—standards that California has been relying on to spur the production and sale of energy-efficient, electric and hybrid cars, thus reducing greenhouse gases.

A federal judge in Hawaii just blocked what President Trump called a "watered-down version" of his travel ban, prompting the President to assail the ruling as unprecedented judicial overreach that "makes us look weak."

Lifelong Californian Lori Thompson is well aware of the state’s dire affordable housing problem. She’s just wondering why she’s the one who has to pay to fix it. After her daughter moved to Reno to escape high rents in the Monterey Peninsula, Thompson and her husband decided last December to purchase a $360,000 cabin in […]

Grab a powerful political tool that few voters understand. Plan to fight in courts, statehouses and ballot boxes. Add an infusion of celebrity and more than a dash of cash. It’s a recipe some activists are trying as they work to export to other states California’s model for drawing political lines—a change that ultimately could […]